A leading global provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services Elsevier has officially announced about the beginning of a new round of cooperation with the National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, providing its researchers, instructors, and staff access to the information system Mendeley Institutional Edition (MIE). Signing the license agreement with the publisher, MEPhI became the first Russian higher education institution, which is connected to the global digital library of the world's knowledge.
As it is noted on the Elsevier portal, MEPhI is one of the leading Russian universities involved in fundamental and applied research in the field of energy and energy efficiency, medicine, nanosystems and nanomaterials, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism. Its activities are focused on in-depth development of research work, allowing to obtain high-quality results and to expand its international cooperation. According to Elsevier, having access to MIE researchers, teachers and employees of MEPhI will not only improve their research, increase global presence of the University in world scientific and educational space, but also to expand the scope of cooperation between various geographic and disciplinary researches.
On behalf of MEPhI the license agreement with Elsevier was signed by the first Vice-rector Oleg Nagornov. He noted that the University has high hopes for the Mendeley platform, which provides the opportunity to expand scientific network in the system of international and interdisciplinary studies. “Mendeley is likely to become a tool for attracting young scientists to participate in international projects”, said the first Vice-rector. “This, in turn, will positively affect the brand of the University within the world scientific space”.
Charles Pallandt, Elsevier’s Vice President for International Markets said, “We are honored that MEPhI’s employees became the first Russian users of Mendeley to benefit from the global research collaboration platform. Access to the platform will enable them to benefit from sharing knowledge, while the platform facilitates further networking. This will largely contribute to research ambitions of MEPhI.”
